Unit #4 Blog #1

Unit #4 Blog #1
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Professor Rhonda Kyncl

        Chapter four in our book focuses on proofreading and revision of papers. It tells you all the steps to take to make sure that you are taken seriously as an author and your paper is taken seriously by the reader. After writing your paper you should wait one day before you come back to proofread the paper so that your mind has time to "cool off" and you can clearly think about what you have written. When rereading the paper you want to read it as though you are someone who has an opposing view of the topic that the paper is written about. Does the author give enough information about the subject so that if you had no clue about the topic you would be able to make a formed opinion after reading the text? The biggest key to proofreading is being able to slow down and digest every word that has been written to decide how it can be improved. For example, make sure that the text is not too wordy when you can get the same point across with less words. Try to use action verbs when at all possible to make the paper seem more exciting.200 When responding to a writers draft you should read the paper a total of three times. During the first reading you are just trying to get the main idea of the paper. On the second reading you want to look at content, organization, and completeness of the draft. On the third reading you should focus on audience, style, and tone. Keeping these ideas in mind will make sure that the final draft of your text will be the best it can be.